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1. I heard from the Placer Herald and the editorial will be in this week's paper so hopefully after Wednesday our exposure will increase and ignite additional support.
2. The Herald said they are interested in writing more stories on the budget and has said they will contact us for additional information on this issue. I have spoken to another supporter who is interested in getting this information to a friend of hers who is a reporter for the BEE also. Anyone who is interested in helping with the media please let me know.
3. There are two community forums on the budget. Monday, March 1st at Springview Middle School Multi-purpose room and Monday, March 15th -Granite Oaks Middle School Gym, both at 6:30pm. The times, locations and directions are also on the blog and the district website. It is very important that we...
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http://www.rocklin.k12.ca.us/Docs/budget/2010/Informational_Nights.pdf
Rocklin Unified School District
Community Budget Forums
Monday, March 1, 2010
6:30 p.m.–8:30 p.m.
Spring View
Middle School
Multi-purpose Room
Monday, March 15, 2010
6:30 p.m.–8:30 p.m.
Granite Oaks
Middle School
Gymnasium
The District is conducting two budget forums to seek input from our parents/community
members regarding the proposed budget reductions for the 2010-11 school year.
The District is facing an $8 million dollar shortfall given the state cutbacks to public
education. In order to balance the budget, we are considering increases to class sizes in
grades K-3 and grades 9-12, in addition to reductions to nursing, counseling,
administrative support services, athletics, transportation, and elective programs including
elementary music and much more.
The fiscal crisis facing California and directly affecting public education is one of the...
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This is the text from the California PTA's position statement. It supports and explains the rationale for credentialed school nurses. It also calls on PTA units to educate parents and the community about a lack of access to credentialed school nurses.
Sacramento.California State PTA
2327 L St.Sacramento, CA 95816
phone: (916) 440-1985 website: www.capta.org
CREDENTIALED SCHOOL NURSES
Adopted by Convention Delegates April 30, 2005
WHEREAS, The credentialed school nurse, with specialized medical background,
academic preparation and professional skill, is a school staff member
especially qualified to strengthen the educational process through
improvement of the health status of students and to develop and provide
leadership for the school site’s comprehensive school health program, and
WHEREAS, The American Federation of Teachers, the National...
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Here is the description of a credentialed school nurse with an explaination of the education, degrees and certifications and a little of the difference between them and an LVN.
School nurses are registered nurses who have completed a baccalaureate degree in nursing that includes a community health program that entitles them to hold a Public Health Nurse certificate; in addition, they have gone on to a post-graduate program to earn their school nurse credential (this is usually a master's program - it is not necessary to hold a master's degree to have a school nurse credential, although some of us do)
Embedded in this school nurse credential is an audiometry certificate so that we are able to perform school hearing screenings and classes that teach us to perform vision screenings, color vision screenings, and scoliosis screenings - more importantly, we learn the implications of disease processes and chronic disorders related to these screenings and what might...
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